October 22, 1998

Marrow Transplant Hope Two groups of researchers say they have found ways to improve bone marrow transplants. Page A16. Debate Over 'Smart Guns' Unusual alliances are being struck over a computerized pistol designed to fire only for its owner. Page B1.

Microsoft Corp, in effort to refute central accusation in Government's antitrust case, produces secret E-mail message from Netscape Communications Corp's chairman-co-founder James Clark seeking Microsoft's cooperation, offering to stay out of its way and suggesting that Microsoft invest in Netscape; E-mail, written on Dec 29, 1994, is introduced to suggest that it was Netscape, not Microsoft, that initiated some of elements of what Government portrays as illegal offer by Microsoft in June 1995 to divide with Netscape the market for software used to browse Internet's World Wide Web; Microsoft's lead lawyer John Warden frequently tries to goad James Barksdale, president and chief executive of Netscape, to concede key points in Microsoft's defense--namely, that Netscape's browser is widely distributed despite Microsoft's allegedly unfair business practices; Barksdale makes few concessions (M)

Institutional and small investors buy up more than 190 million shares of Conoco, raising $4.4 billion for its parent, DuPont, in largest initial public offering in US; offering is priced at $23 a share; demand is so strong that instead of selling 150 million shares, or 25 percent of DuPont's stake, underwriters are able to sell 191.456 million shares, or 30 percent; smaller investors buy more than 80 percent of shares sold; reasons for investor interest in Conoco discussed (M)

Our Towns Column describes training sessions for toll takers by New Jersey Highway Authority (M)

Dow Jones & Co says its president and chief operating officer Kenneth L Burenga will retire at end of year; announcement comes seven months after company sold its financial servics unit to Bridge Information Systems for $510 million, a loss of $1 billion; company's board approves new three-year financial plan and new management structure; also authorizes stock buyback of as much as $500 million; that brings to $800 million the amount company has authorized for buybacks; management reorganization leaves company with no clear successor to its current chief executive, Peter R Kann, who is also chairman (M)